ME 5320: Compressible Fluid Flow
(Cross-listed with AERE 5320).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Thermodynamics of compressible flow. Viscous and inviscid compressible flow equations. One dimensional steady flow; isentropic flow, shocks, expansions. Multidimensional compressible flow aspects. Linear and nonlinear wave analysis and method of characteristics. Subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic flows. (Typically Offered: Spring)